Wednesday, 14 October 2015

BEST PRACTICES IN LOAD TESTING

Load testing is a process where through a load tester a product
development is tested. Various practices have their individual unique
experience in the process. But the outcome expected is all the same. Thus, it
is very essential that the practices that are carried out during the process
and in turn the right ones in order to determine the most accurate output.

Every tester looks forward to conduct a test through the testing
apparatus and then provide the best possible conclusion. Thus, there are
general under lining strategies that are required to be followed to make your
effort more successful. So let’s breeze through it in quick time.

Their best practice to conduct a successful load testing involves:

Planning: Planning
the expectations must be pretty realistic. One must not
expect a gigantic outcome which isn’t possible. Newbie’s must realize that a
reasonably accurate result right now is much more worth than an accurate one.
Slowly and steadily the cost factor starts to increase and thus the project
becomes expensive. But the smaller the investment, the less complex the project
turns out to be and easier to solve if there arises any problems.

A successful Planning involves thinking about all the aspects and
forthcoming questions in order to deal with it. A prediction about the analysis
should be done and realistic results are expected to be required.

Configuration: Configuration
involves the proper configuration of the planned ideas. Successful
configuration involves asking successful questions at the right time. Like what
was predicted in the planning stage needs to be met appropriately.
Configuration is the most important aspect when it comes to a successful load testing. For a configuration to work efficiently, it is essential to carry out the
test in a controlled environment.

Dedicated servers and good configurations are pretty much
essential to derive an optimum result. It is quite important for a tester to
have a ready access to those things so that he can reproduce the current
project whenever the need to access it arises in future.

Scripting: Scripting
follows configuration. While configuration takes a look at everything is going
as per planned. Scripting just about gives life to the planning and
configuration part. Various scenarios are developed in Scripting and are played
with. Selection of scenarios is done, the configuration is done, and the
scenario done through scripting is tested. It is runned for a few times more to
check the accuracy.

Scripting is one of the most challenging aspects when it comes to
testing and especially when the test scenario is long, it becomes considerably
difficult for the scriptwriter to script the following. But overall without
proper scripting the effective load testing cannot take place.

Execution: Execution
is one of the final strings in the tale where for is it any idea or concept, for
it to be experienced in reality, its need to be executed. One cannot simply
have a foresight or just a plan to experience and outcome. An outcome is when
the execution of the plan takes place.

A proper execution brings about distinctive and efficient result.
Proper execution is the key to a successful load testing and thus it forms an
important part of good practice that is required to conduct a successful test.

Analysis: Analysis
is the final phase of the testing process where before starting the process
there, is a run in, through which the test is seen as an opportunity to
understand the site performance and thus remove any constraints, if there
exists any.